Title - The Outside Dog Author: Pomerantz, Charlogge Publisher: HarperCollins Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A little Puerto Rican girl befriends a stray dog in this story that incorporates Spanish words in the English story. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 515 2.7 640 RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 32 Total # of Words 1530 # of Different Words 432 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1020 66.7% # of Hi freq words 194 44.9% % of Long Sentences 1.7 Low Freq occurs 58 3.8% # of Low freq words 32 7.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Simple Plot Difficult names Foreign words Topics Dogs *Animals Foreign Country Grandparents Insects *Family & Friends Pets Relationships Low Frequency Words abuelito colmado cosa cuco dona elvira elvira's entiendes groceries healthy kneeled knelt leftover leftovers lollypop mango marisol marisol's medium neighbor pancho' parted pasa percent puerto que raro refrigerator shrugged snappers vete warned